Game apparatus.



A. E. VEHRAL.

GAME APPARATUS.

,uwucmou FILED APR. I0. 1916.

1 19mm. Patented July 11, 1916.

sides thereof suflicient ARTHUR EDWARD VEBRAL, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO,CANADA.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed April 10, 1916.

1/ 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR EDWARD VER- RAL,of the city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario,Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGame Apparatus; and I hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to a game apparatus comprising a perpendicularbarrier of substantially triangular or pyramidal shape, the inclinedsides of which are stepped from approximately the base to the apex, eachstep having a socket therein to receive a removable flag or marker whichcan be moved up or down the stepped sides during the progress of thegame, an the base of which is apertured for the passage of projectilesfrom opposite sides of the barrier, which is maintained in an uprightposition by suitable supports secured thereto.

For an understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing descripti on and to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1, game apparatus; and Fig. 2, is a of one of the supports.

Like characters of reference-refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawings.

The apparatus consists of a perpendicular barrier a preferably of atriangular or pyramidal shape, maintained in a substantially uprightposition by supports b.

Each of the supports 7) is of a substantially-triangular shape and isformed with a vertical slot 0, into which enters a tongue (1 extendingfrom the corresponding side of the barrier a, the barrier being providedwith battens e engaging the inner surface of the support to prevent itsinward movement, and with a button 7 to prevent its outward movement,the battens and button forming a guideway or fastening means by whichthe support can be removably secured to the barrier.

As shown in Fig. 1, the supports 6 are disposed at substantially rightangles to the barrier a, and extend beyond the opposite distance toinsure is a perspective view of, the detail view Specification ofLetters Patent.

. Patented July 11,1911

Serial No. 90,165.

the barrier being maintained in an upright position under ordinaryconditions of use. Each of the inclined edges of the barrier e is formedwith a series of steps 9, 9.

Each of the steps 9, g is formed with a vertical socket h to receive aremovable marker 71, and the top of the supports Z) are formed withsimilar sockets h purpose.

As shown in Fig. 1,

rier is truncated and for the same the apex j of the baris ornamentedwith a battlemented tower, the battlements j of which are provided withvertical sockets similar to those of the steps.

In the base of the barrier are apertures 76 for the flight ofappropriate projectiles Z, with which the game is played.

The markers shown in the accompanying drawings are preferably flags, andany number of these flags can be employed. In the present instance, Ihave shown two sets of markers, each containing three flags,representing three players on each side.

Checkers may be employed as the projec tiles, one set of players takingthe checkers of one color, and the other side taking the checkers of theother color, the projectiles being directed at the apertures by the players in succession.

When a player succeeds in shooting a projectile through one of theapertures, he advances his flag upward along the stepped side until thebattlement or step at the apex of the barrier is attained. If hisopponent shoots his projectile back through the barrier, his flag isretired down the stepped side.

Various rules may be adopted for governing the playing of the game,which it is not necessary to elaborate in the present specification, andmodifications may be made with regard to the shape of the barrier and tothe method parting from the principle of the invention, as defined inthe appended claims.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I claim asnew an desire to secure by Letters Patent, is z- 1. A game apparatuscomprising a perpendicular barrier of substantially pyramidal shape,means for supporting the barrier in upright position, markers forinsertion in th c n d sides he b rri r, a d ir of supporting it, withoutde propriateprojectiles, the base of the barrier in said sockets, andappropriate projectiles 10 being apertured for the flight of theprojecto be directed through the apertures in the tiles therethrough.base of said barrier. f

2. A game apparatus comprising a per- Toronto, March 29th, 1916. 5pendicular barrier of substantially pyramidal shape having apertures inits base for ARTHUR EDWARD VERRAL' the flight 0f projectilestherethrough and Signed in the presence ofhaving its inclined sidesstepped With ver- CHAS. H. RIoHEs,

tical sockets therein, markers for insertion EDWARD G. BERNSTEIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

